Cutting Interior Doors Down

If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms.

Cutting interior doors down.

Affiliate links for tools. Sometimes an interior door must be cut down to open properly. Http bit ly irwinquickclamps6 makita 7 1 4 circular saw. I ve cut one down before more than the recommended 10mm replace edge baton glue and pin job done this ones at a mates house under stairs cupboard so means cutting the door down at an angle to match the stairs.

The best way to cut off a door bottom. Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge. Http bit ly makitacircularsaw stanley tape measu. My door frame seems a non standard size.

Installing new carpeting in a room putting in a threshold or even buying a new door that is just. The length of the sanding block bridges over dips in the saw cut and gives the resulting chamfer a much straighter appearance than the saw cut. Hanging interior doors and cutting them down this topic has 27 replies 18 voices and was last updated 5 years 5 months ago by dirtywhiteboy. The door is hollow and i need to cut it down by about.

How to cut down an interior door. How to cut the bottom of a hollow interior door without damaging it. I am replacing an interior door that needs to be cut down either i bought the wrong size door or the opening for it is not a standard size. Hall doors are all this panelled type cupboard door is just a plain hardboarded door cut to fit so he wanted a matching door.

I ve found a door that would need 3cm cutting off it but on the site is says only 12mm can be cut off a door from wickes. Viewing 20 posts 1 through 20 of 28 total. It s a solid pine wood door not a veneer with 15 panes of glass. To chamfer the cut edge of the door make a sanding block by cutting a 2 by 3 4 inch strip of wood 1 2 inch shorter than the diameter of the peel and stick sanding paper for your random orbit sander.

Cutting doors down to fit.